Nearly a third of UK cancer patients dip into savings
Nearly one in three cancer patients in the UK have had to dip into savings and 29% face extra costs of over £1,000 a month, according to Zurich UK...
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Mayfield: ‘expect review to push for major shift in employer health role’
Employers are set to be asked to take on a much greater role in tackling long-term sickness and workforce inactivity, according to Sir Charlie Mayfield. The former John Lewis...
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Global GoJoe and Epassi UK join up to bundle wellbeing benefits
Global health and performance platform GoJoe has partnered with benefits and wellbeing hub Epassi UK to combine their digital and physical wellbeing services. Employers across the UK and Europe...
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Self-funded healthcare rises as ‘anxious’ staff look to employers for support
More than a quarter of UK adults have paid for private medical treatment in the past five years, spending an average of £6,000 each, research has revealed. The findings,...
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VAT on private healthcare ruled out
Health secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed there will be no VAT on private healthcare in the upcoming Budget, stating: “It’s not happening.” His intervention followed reports that the chancellor...
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Financial services firm opens Menopause Café to break stigma
OneFamily has launched its first Menopause Café event to raise awareness and "help remove the stigma" around this key life stage. The financial services group, which includes life and...
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Bupa launches holistic ‘Feel at Ease’ dental wellbeing campaign
As people across the UK worry about ‘dental deserts’ and access to oral health, dentists themselves are seeking more support at work, according to research from Bupa Dental Care....
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Canada Life extends WeCare as 77% of staff want support to work longer
Canada Life has expanded its WeCare wellbeing service, making it available to all 2.8 million employees covered by its group protection policies. The partners and immediate families of covered...
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Luke McClaran: prevention pays, why employer health checks matter
With low uptake of NHS health checks, employers are stepping into the gap, says Luke McClaran, chief people officer at provider Vitality. He discusses why workplace checks appear to...
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Gaps in menstrual health support drive hidden costs for employers
Just 16 percent of HR professionals believe managers have the training and resources to support employees with endometriosis and other menstrual health issues. This was a key finding in...
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BENEFITS UNBOXED PODCAST
Benefits Unboxed
The podcast from Benefits Expert, the title for HR, reward and benefits professionals.
Seasoned professionals examine the challenges and innovations in today’s employee benefits, reward and HR sector. Every episode, they will unbox a key issue and unpack what it really means for employers and how they can tackle it.
The regulars are Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert; Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, consultant and rewards & benefits veteran.
Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality?
In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.
We look at what this means for HR, from balancing employee flexibility with business needs, to ensuring benefits packages remain fair and accessible. We discuss the pinch points, and the opportunities, in building the new normal of work.
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